From: Jim Witte (jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us)
Date: Fri Mar 05 2004 - 23:47:37 PST
> In summary, the following traits make CardBus an unrivaled computer
> add-in
> mechanism:
> · Standard, broadly-supported PC Card form-factor and connector
> · PCI performance level and bus-master capability
> · Low-voltage (3.3v) operation with standardized power-management
> · Ease of use through PnP and hot-plug capabilities
> · CardBus slots off full backward compatibility for PC Card-16
> cards
Except that if the CB card uses the full 32-bits of the bus, the
Newton won't be able to address it (or it will be able to address half
of it, which would lead to God-knows-what?) Or would even a CB-card
that did have a "16-bit mode" (for whatever reason) not work with the
Newton?
Jim Witte
jswitte_at_bloomington.in.us
Indiana University CS
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